The Development of Telecoms - York
The York area, a territory of 2,500 square miles, extends from approximately Harrogate and Ripon in the west to the Yorkshire Coast in the east.
It includes, in addition to the historic city of York, with its incomparable Minster and City Walls, such well known resorts as Bridlington, Harrogate and Scarborough, which are very popular not only with holiday makers, but for large conferences and sporting events, which call for large-scale special arrangements.
Apart from the places mentioned, the area is mainly rural, with agriculture one of the chief occupations.
The area contains 127 exchanges, 88 per cent of which are automatic. They serve 33,934 exchange lines and 54,875 stations. The total staff numbers 887.
A surprising fact that you wouldn't expect to be associated with such a historic city with its beautiful Minster and roman history is that York, one of the best preserved medieval cities in Britain, has just become the UK’s first Gigabit City.
Who would have thought that a city created by the Romans in 71 AD, who used smoke signals to communicate, is now at the forefront of digital communications.
